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In her ministry, my mother spoke with a Baptism man who said he was saved. He said that he could commit any sin he wanted. He could even kill her right there on the spot and it wouldn't jeopardize his salvation because he had been saved.
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My husband is an independent Baptist pastor and we believe "IF saved, always saved" Yes, after salvation, you can commit any sin you want to, but the difference between someone who continues to sin on purpose and those that don't is that God changes their 'want to'
The Bible says that we're a new creature in Christ after salvation and we no longer want to sin against the very One who gave up His own life to save us from our sins. A person that can gloat about their ability to continue in sin has most likely never been saved. And I'm not judging...the Bible says that God chastens those that He loves (referring to those who have trusted him as Savior vs His love for the world in general) and that if a person is without chastisement, then they are a bastard (without a heavenly Father) and not a son.
I have nothing to add to the conversation as I can see it could become a very deep well really quick but I just had to say that I totally LOL about the hamster eating church! hehe I'll have to talk to dh about whether that should be a membership requirement
